Look up: Task

1. Task
   One component of a R & D project, which may be differentiated from others by the distinct characteristics of its technical results, costs or scheduling.
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2. Task
   (1) A sequence of instructions treated as a basic unit of work. [IEEE-STD-610] (2) A well-defined unit of work in the software process that provides management with a visible checkpoint into the status of the project. Tasks have readiness criteria (preconditions) and completion criteria (postconditions). (See activity for contrast.) [SEI/CMU-93-TR-25]
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3. task
   [v] - assign a task to
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4. TASK
   The technical name for a program that is running. These tasks are being co-ordinated to make them believe they are the only program that is running.
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5. Task
   is the smallest indivisible part of an activity when it is broken down to a level best understood and performed by a specific person.
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6. task
   assigned to the Permanent Representatives Category: The European Communities • in a multiprogramming or multiprocessing environment,one or more sequences of instructions treated by a control program on an element of work to be accomplished by a computer Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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7. Task
   Task (tȧsk) noun [ Middle English taske , Old French tasque , French tâche , for tasche , Late Latin tasca , taxa , from Latin taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See Tax ,
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8. Task
   Task transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tasked ; present participle & verbal noun Tasking .] 1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or ...
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9. task
   chore noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; `estimates of the city`s loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars`; `the job of repairing the engine took...
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10. Task
    • (v.) Business; employment; undertaking; labor. • (v.) Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. • (v. t.) To charge; to tax; as with a fault. • (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. • (v. t.) To impose a task upon; to...
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11. task
    
    • any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
    • a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
    
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12. task
    set of actions performed by either man or machine for the accomplishment of a functional goal
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13. Task
    (computing) A `task` is an execution path through address space. In other words, a set of program instructions that are loaded in memory. The address registers have been loaded with the initial address of the program. At the next clock cycle, the CPU will start execution, in accord with the p...
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14. Task
    (project management) In project management a `task` is an activity that needs to be accomplished within a defined period of time. An assignment is a task under the responsibility of an assignee which should have a start and end date defined. One or more assignments on a task puts the task und...
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